1950 Haitian coup d'etat

The 1950 Haitian coup d'etat occurred on 6 December 1950 when Major Daniel Guay led the Haitian Army in a coup against the USSR-leaning government of Haiti. Guay became the leader of a military dictatorship in the country, moving towards the Non-Aligned Movement from the USSR-leaning sphere.

History
The Caribbean nation of Haiti was drawn towards communism due to the poverty that the Haitian people faced, and the Haitian Army was opposed to a leftist government taking power and limiting its power. Major Daniel Guay led a cabal of officers in a coup against the democratic government, which had a USSR leaning; on 6 December 1950, the political upheaval led to the Haitian Army taking power in the capital of Port-au-Prince and declaring a dictatorship under Daniel Guay. Guay was quick to move away from the USSR and to the non-aligned sphere, and the coup was welcomed by the Western Bloc due to its role in preventing Haiti from joining the Eastern Bloc.

Intergovernmental organizations

 * NATO.png NATO - NATO welcomed the coup as a victory against the spread of communism, as the pro-left government was overthrown and replaced by a neutral dictatorship under Daniel Guay. Haiti was in the hands of an anti-communist military man, and NATO/the Western Bloc was thankful that the coup had occurred before Haiti became communist.
 * Warsaw Pact.png Warsaw Pact - The Warsaw Pact was infuriated by the coup in Haiti, seeing it as a violation of the power of the Haitian people. The Warsaw Pact's member states developed hostile relations towards Haiti due to the military coup, especially as Haiti distanced itself from the USSR-leaning sphere.

International reactions

 * Flag of India.png India - India was among the first countries to react to the Haitian coup d'etat, with President Jawaharlal Nehru condemning the coup. On 6 December 1950, the same day as the coup, Nehru severed diplomatic ties with Haiti, withdrawing its embassy from Port-au-Prince in protest of the coup by the military.
 * USA.png United States - The US government of President Harry Truman was overjoyed that the coup had succeeded in Haiti, as it had prevented a communist government from seizing power. Haiti had the full diplomatic recognition of the USA, and America benefited from the coup against the pro-Soviet government.
 * USSR.png Soviet Union - The USSR, like the Warsaw Pact, shunned the new military government of Haiti due to its perceived illegitimacy due to its status as a coup-installed dictatorship. Joseph Stalin was angry at the Guay government when it began moving away from the USSR-leaning sphere the day after the coup, and condemned the coup.